On 8 June, a Zimbabwean court ended the abuse of prosecution processes against human rights defenders Sandra Zenda and Kudakwashe Munemo, team members of the Institute for Young Women’s Development (IYWD), after acquitting them on charges of convening an unsanctioned meeting in contravention of the repressive Maintenance of Peace and Order (MOPO) Act. Zenda and…

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) and the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has published a joint study that analyzes how well the government of Zimbabwe has implemented its food aid distribution efforts. The study showed that the politicization of food aid distribution stands in the way of all Zimbabweans realizing their right to food. The Forum and ZPP also…

Glanis Changachiere, Director of the Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD) and World Movement Steering Committee member, has published a new article analyzing how Zimbabwe’s political violence is systematic and gendered. Changachiere highlights the cases of three female members of the Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance (MDC-AU), who were attacked and arrested after leaving a demonstration against Zimbabwe’s ruling party…

As part of their Women for Tax Justice campaign, The Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) held an open mic event on March 14 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. This event created a forum for local artists to discuss their frustration about the unfair and discriminatory taxation of women in Zimbabwe and…